Installing boost libraries for GCC (MinGW) on Windows

boost-windows.md

Installing boost libraries for GCC (MinGW) on Windows

Folder setup

1. Extract downloaded boost source, e.g. F:\boost_1_67_0.
2. Create a folder for Boost.Build installation, e.g. F:\boost-build.
3. Create a folder within for building, i.e. F:\boost_1_67_0\build.
4. Create a folder for installation, e.g. F:\boost.

GCC setup

1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Run g++ --version.
3. If the output contains g++ version number then GCC should be set up properly to run from command line and you can continue.

Boost.Build setup

1. Open Command Prompt and navigate to F:\boost_1_67_0\tools\build.
2. Run bootstrap.bat gcc.
3. Run b2 install --prefix="F:\boost-build".
4. Add F:\boost-build\bin to Windows PATH.

boost building

1. Open Command Prompt and navigate to F:\boost_1_67_0.
2. Run

b2 --build-dir="F:\boost_1_67_0\build" --prefix="F:\boost" toolset=gcc install -jX

replace X by [2 or 4 or 8] based on your cpu-core to speed up things.

Project setup

1. Add include folder, i.e. F:\boost\include\boost-1_67.
2. Add linker folder, i.e. F:\boost\lib.
3. Link required libraries, e.g. libboost_regex-mgw81-mt-d-x32-1_67.a.